Last week we reported on the Joker amiibo entering production alongside reprints of Breath of the Wild’s Revali and Mipha figures. In addition, those of you in the U.K. will now be able to get your hands on more than just those two characters, as Nintendo is restocking every single Zelda amiibo on the U.K.…
Every time I think about amiibo, my wallet begins to shudder in fear. The last six years of amiibo hunting have definitely put a dent in my finances, but I absolutely love these high-quality figures. One of my favorite characters in gaming, Joker from Persona 5, is about to receive an amiibo on September 25.…
A fun new online tournament event is taking place this weekend for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. It’s called “Smash Ball Fake Out” and is open this weekend from August 7 through August 9. As the name implies, real and fake Smash Balls will abound as players climb their way to the top for bragging rights.…
The latest update for Super Smash Bros Ultimate has gone live. Version 8.1.0 includes Small Battlefield as a new stage, and now allows the player to select all music tracks when playing on Final Destination and Battlefield stages. This means you’ll be able to rock out to some legendary video game music, including compositions from…
We’re back with another episode of Palutena’s Guidance, the series where we create our own dub for Super Smash Bros Ultimate DLC Fighters. If you don’t know what Palutena’s Guidance is, it’s essentially commentary from the Kid Icarus cast when you play as Pit on the Palutena’s Temple stage. Palutena, Pit and Viridi talk about…
Did you ever purposefully play a game the way it wasn’t intended? Say, you would start up a file of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess just to go to Arbiters’ Grounds to have those little bugs swarm all over you, using a bomb to blow them off of yourself, and using the sinking sand…
Animal Crossing: New Horizons has seen its fair share of awesome custom made projects. Since launch players have been customizing their character, island and homes in various creative ways. Reddit user DJ-Dez has made custom outfits for every single fighter in Super Smash Bros Ultimate. That’s a ton of work! DJ-Dez admits to spending over…
Announced via the official Japanese Twitter account, the next Spirit Board event in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate will be focused on characters that appeared on the Nintendo 64 platform. A number of different franchises are included in the announcement image ranging from the familiar Yoshi’s Story and Donkey Kong 64 to the less familiar Custom…
Smash Bros. Ultimate‘s official Japan Twitter page announced that there’s a new Spirit Event coming out, and this time it features The Legend of Zelda. It appears that the event will be held this weekend, at least for Japan. Roughly translated into English, the tweet says, “Gather in Hyrule! The Triforce competition will be held…
In the latest installment of his weekly Famitsu column, Super Smash Bros. Director Masahiro Sakurai explores his childhood and various video games that shaped him. A translation of this column was provided by Twitter user Sephazon, who has translated Sakurai’s previous works. Sakurai talks about his early school years when he would go shopping with…
The latest episode of our long running Hades’ Misguidance series was released this weekend. The latest episode features the first ever appearance of Pandora from the Kid Icarus series. This time, Hades gives Pit advice while battling Jigglypuff, Zero Suit Samus, and Zelda.
Currently, there are more than five controllers that you can theoretically use to play Smash Ultimate. In June 2020, add another. The Smash Stick from Alt Labs is a fighting stick designed for Super Smash Bros. It features 360-degree movement and custom button layouts, so however you play Smash, you’ll be as comfortable as you…
On May 1, 2020, the organizers of EVO announced via Twitter that this year’s EVO tournament will be canceled due to concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic. EVO was to take place from July 21 to August 2. EVO is the largest annual video game tournament in the world, with many of the most popular fighting…
In Masahiro Sakurai’s most recent Famitsu column #603, translated courtesy of Sephazon on Twitter, Sakurai speaks to how the development of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate DLC is progressing during the current circumstances. Titled “Teleworking, in progress!”, the column goes into some details regarding how the company as a whole is adapting to the telework situation.…
Brook, an accessory company specializing in making old controllers work on newer hardware, is putting out a dock for the Nintendo Switch that lets you use your old GameCube controllers. The device, which launches in June 2020, has two GameCube controller ports on the front along with a couple of USB inputs. This allows the…
